Bowdoin senior netminder Cat MacEachern was rock solid, making 24 saves and bested an equally stellar, 21 save effort by No. 7 Wisconsin-Stevens Point goalie Amy Statz in a close checking 1-0 defensive struggle. <\/p>\n
No. 9 Bowdoin (4-3) carried play in the early going, keeping play in the Pointer zone most of the first 5 minutes.<\/p>\n
“I thought we came out flying,” said Bowdoin co-captain Rebecca Selden. “It was great to see everyone skating as hard as we could.”<\/p>\n
The effort paid off when Meaghan Gillis fought through the defense down the right side, into the corner and got a pass across the crease to Katie Forney, who stuffed it home for her team leading sixth goal.<\/p>\n
“I score the ugly goals,” Forney said. “The way we’re going to get goals is rushing the net \u2026 we’re just going to have to pound the net.” <\/p>\n
Stevens Point (5-3-3) regrouped in the second period.<\/p>\n
“We just established the forecheck a little bit better,” said Stevens Point coach Brian Idalski. “We got into some kids hands, forced some turnovers and created some offense off that.”<\/p>\n
Stevens Point outshot Bowdoin 21-12 over the final two periods but could not break through.<\/p>\n
“They were staying a little bit high on their breakout, which was more effective, but in the end our speed ended up beating them,” Selden said.<\/p>\n
Stevens Point continues its eastern road trip playing New England College Thursday at 5 p.m. and No. 2 Plattsburgh Friday, in Henniker, NH at 7 p.m. The Western teams still lag behind the Eastern teams in the rankings.<\/p>\n
“You win, you get respect,” Idalski said. “Until the west wins a national championship, I don’t think we have much to carp about.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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